5 apps for home buyers to browse and look for options at their own convenience

Looking for a dream home that fits into your budget and has the required facilities, used to be a task earlier, especially with developers trying to confuse buyers by showing multiple sites and making false promises. However, with the emergence of digital marketplace players, one can easily select their desired location, amenities, budget, and possession date with trusted developers on board. These aggregators also have their apps for the convenience of their customers to look for options from anywhere at just a click of a button on their handset. Having unique features that make it convenient for  home buyers to browse and look for options and is less time consuming than traditional methods.

Here we list out few players in the real estate sector that helps you connect with right developers as per your criteria:

HDFC RED

HDFC RED is a digital marketplace for home buying that covers over 80% of the relevant primary residential market in top cities. ‘Property Search by HDFC RED’ offers over 33,000 types of new properties to buy in 20+ cities across India.

This interactive app with a gamified interface, available on Android and iOS platforms, accelerates the house hunting process while making it less complicated. In order to provide clarity to first time home buyers, the customizable search tool enables them to prioritize their requirements and preferences in terms of budget, location, size, amenities, and possession.

A Relevance Score for each property listing gives percentage value of how relevant the property is as per the home buyer’s requirements. In addition to the property details, the app mentions location and area information by stating relevant landmarks in and around it. It uses Card Design Layout to display properties in an easy to decipher and non-cluttered format.

No Broker

NoBroker is revolutionizing house hunting not just by eliminating the brokerage but by making it convenient and hassle-free with the use of cutting edge technology and innovation. The unique feature like ‘click & earn’ is beneficial for the customers who surf for properties by accessing it through mobile app. All one has to do in the ‘click n earn’ feature is click the photo of a ‘ To-Let’ board, send it to them through mobile app and get cash awards for every successful listing. A user can earn INR 100/- per verified listing with no upper limit on number of listings. This has never been done anywhere before by any online player in the world, also helps the company in ‘crowdsourcing’ of owner listings.

Another feature made for the convenience of customers is ‘Life-score’ that evaluates the accurate traffic from the preferred location of stay till your work place on a daily basis.

Makaan.com

Makaan.com a digital real estate marketing and transactions services provider makes the journey of a home buyer easy, right from online search to brokers to home loans to paperwork to finally finding that perfect home.

Their easy to use features help you look for preferred property by city, budget, property area, possession stage and ready to move in status. With one click, customers can get help with legal queries &other paperwork. You may also get home loan assistance & support in home insurance from their experts. An added feature of resolving queries like packers & movers, appliance installation, repairs & maintenance in home cleaning, kitchen cleaning and AC cleaning service providers can be tackled through their associated partners.

Commonfloor.com

Commonfloor.com offers home seekers, sellers and real estate professionals an extensive online real estate ecosystem. The easy to use analytics help in searching for both renting and buying of properties across India.

Apart from a robust search mechanismas per budget, property type and area, amenities and project status, Commonfloor also offers live-in tours facility with a full 360 degree view.

MagicBricks.com

MagicBricks.com is the most preferred portal in India for property buyers and sellers to locate properties of interest in a transparent and unambiguous manner.

Apart from the regular features of search by city, budget, property type, property area, possession stage and ready to move in status, the portal also gives the customers an option to participate in the online auction by bidding on the desired home from a wide array of properties.

It also gives buyers a chance to visualize every corner of their new home without visiting it physically, with the help of a 3D Tour with ‘Augmented Reality’. The experience center at MagicBricks helps in bringing the online & real world together for its audience.

Introducing India’s first & Only Price Flash Engine, the path-breaking tool uses advanced algorithms to track movement of property prices & instantly alerts customers of the availability of a great deal.